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Funded Prof Mohamed Pourkashanian, Dr Kevin Hughes Application Deadline: Applications accepted all year round Details The project is aimed at developing an open expert system for the end user and also for
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Deadline: Applications accepted all year round Details The aim of this PhD programme is to develop efficient numerical strategies for the prediction and assessment of fracture. Our group has got success in
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Deadline: Applications accepted all year round Details Hydrogen-tunnelling is key to many reactions involving biomolecules. However, hydrogen tunnelling is not easily detected directly at room temperature
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accepted all year round Details The advent of easily accessible high performance computers or computer clusters and numerical techniques such as finite element methods (FEM) facilitates the highly accurate
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which can lead to failure where the outer plies are pushed out of the plane of the laminate and eventually buckle. In principle, it is possible to model the inclined crack plane with the Finite Element
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as a result to reduce emissions. Due to the nature of the industry, stringent testing of components is required. This is an expensive task, requiring a large number of tests to achieve certification
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: Applications accepted all year round Details In this project, three-dimensional analyses of fracture in composite laminates will be conducted. The aim is to investigate if the XFEM is capable to reproduce
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stage and then propagate due to fatigue which poses a serious hazard. A compromise between specific strength and safety of the composite structures is crucial for an optimal design. Different composite
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accurate simulation of the flow in the wind farm is essential in the design of the wind farm. This project concerns the turbulent inflow generation for large eddy simulation of the wind flow at wind farms
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, automotive and stationary applications. Due to its simplicity and relatively high efficiency, the use of the air-breathing PEM fuel cells, where oxygen is directly supplied to the fuel cell from the ambient